Fredericton is New Brunswick’s engineering hub with the largest per capita engineering cluster east of Winnipeg. Leading research in energy and oil and gas, UNB and other research centres continue to build capacity and expertise, attracting researchers, growing existing firms and spinning off new startups.

Energy Research Highlights at UNB Fredericton:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Centre: Specialized energy research (petroleum rock core analysis, batteries, fuel cells and biofuels) at the MRI Research Centre lab, the best-equipped lab of its kind in the world.

Urban and Community Studies Institute: Societal and economic impacts from the transportation and renewable energy sectors. World-leading expertise in comparisons of biomass and biodiesel innovation ecosystems.

Wood Science and Technology Centre (WSTC) Canadian BioEnergy Centre (CEBC): CBE’s focus is on biofuels (pellets, briquettes and solid biomass), combustion performance including energy value and emission characteristic as well as evaluating the production and utilization of biofuels.

Opportunities:

Proposed $2.2 Billion Energy East pipeline projected to create 1,894 direct and 460 indirect New Brunswick jobs during seven years of development and construction

Potential development of NB’s shale gas reserves creating jobs, attracting investment and creating many other spin-off benefits and opportunities.